#standing

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. ↗

— Isaac Newton

#false #imagine #man #may #only

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. ↗

— Ben Nicholas

#corner #down #dull #going #grubby

Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong. ↗

— Robert De Niro

#bring #certain #certain things #directors #feel

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#china #developing #discourage #disservice #foreign

I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all of my energy and all of my power will be behind our flag in carrying it on to victory. ↗

— George William Norris

#behind #bitterly #carrying #country #energy

I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding. ↗

— Alva Noto

#between #comprehension #emotional #i #intellectual

Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#beings #better #enhances #good #harnessed

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#beautiful #experience #gives #great #often

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#any #dress #flaw #implies #mind

I do think sometimes people get morally superior without understanding situations. ↗

— Sienna Miller

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